Wakefield, The Bull Ring c.1955
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In the first half of the century this roundabout was filled with hansom cabs, and later from 1904 by the rattle of trams. The statue of Queen Victoria had been in the centre and was unveiled in 1905; she was later removed, but she was not amused to be banished and returned to take her rightful place here in 1986.

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The Roundabout use to be a popular place for me to go, it was a public house just a short distance from the Wakefield Jail. I was somewhat surprised on chatting to one man at the bar (I was somewhat interested where he lived) he smiled in such a way that I found it hard to believe when he told me that he lived in the biggest mansion within the whole of Wakefield which had hundreds of rooms and big gate. He was ...see more
I was born in Manygates hospital and lived at 13 Clarkson Street, Lawefield Lane with just a wall seperating my house from my school so I would jump over the wall at the last minute. The house is no longer there. I would roller skate all the way to the park and later when I got a bike I went all over on that. My grandparents lived at Lupset and when my brother was born when I was 9 we moved to Lupset and I went to ...see more